It never occurred to me that a question like that would spawn a challenge, especially one that mentions race baiting. It is an awful implication. I just thought the EBT issue was a legitimate and interesting question that I was clueless to answer.
Thank you, jurors, for understanding.
If anyone (such as the alerter) would like a screenshot from the debate on Facebook, I can provide it in order to prove it was actually occurring. The facebook discussion was fairly interesting and drew strong responses from both ends of the political spectrum.
As for the accusation of making sexist posts (as in a post that shows "unfair treatment of people because of their sex"
, I challenge the alerter to provide an example.
Juror #6 guessed that I am "not one of us". It's a good observation, and currently an accurate observation. I posted prolifically on SmirkingChimp for years, only occasionally dropping in at DU. I was definitely a part of the SC community, and they welcomed and thrived on healthy passionate debate. I left SC because the population fell off, some of the friends I'd made died or went off the radar, and I really didn't post anything for a couple of years after I bailed. I've only been posting regularly to DU for the past several months, and it has been a rough beginning.
Several people have accused me of all sorts of horrid things. I stuck my foot in my mouth in one very public moment of foolishness, but otherwise I've attempted to be rigidly polite, despite the fact that some of the folks here have been rather unpleasant. Yet at the same time, some of the voices here are delightful. Whether I become "one of us" is a question the DU community and I will have to determine as time proceeds.
Regards,
Andrew
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